4.01.2011

Response to Rene Magritte's "The Treachery of Images"

Simple and innocuous:
This is not a pipe.
Realistic but not real:
This is not a pipe.
Oil on canvas:
This is not a pipe.

And what of other art:
This is not a pipe.
Serrano’s Piss Christ:
This is not a pipe.
Mapplethorpe’s The Perfect Moment:
This is not a pipe.

The treachery of images:
This is not a pipe.
Is that they are merely images:
This is not a pipe.
Constructed by an artist:
This is not a pipe.